Tag: longlist

I started this post just after the Hugo Award Ceremony last year, but got busy and didn’t finish until now. So while we wait for this year’s finalist announcement, let’s take one last look at the results from 2019.

On August 18th, Dublin 2019 – An Irish Worldcon presented the 2019 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Here are the winners, the finalists in the order they placed, and the longlist of nominees. The number in parentheses indicates the finalist’s place at the nomination stage.

On August 19th, Worldcon 76 presented the 2018 Hugo Awards, the WSFS Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Here are the winners, the finalists in the order they placed, and the longlist of nominees. The number in parentheses indicates the finalist’s place at the nomination stage.

Best Novel

Finalists

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (1)

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (5)

Provenance by Ann Leckie (4)

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (3)

Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee (2)

New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (6)

Longlist

The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Artemis by Andy Weir

Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

Persepolis Rising by James S. A. Corey

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss

Best Novella

Finalists

All Systems Red by Martha Wells (1)

“And Then There Were (N-One)” by Sarah Pinsker (2)

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (3)

Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor (6)

The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang (5)

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (4)

Longlist

Passing Strange by Ellen Klages

Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire

The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch

The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold

17776 by Jon Bois

The Red Threads of Fortune by JY Yang

Mira’s Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente

In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle

Best Novelette

Finalists

“The Secret Life of Bots” by Suzanne Palmer (1)

“Wind Will Rove” by Sarah Pinsker (5)

“A Series of Steaks” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (4)

“Extracurricular Activities” by Yoon Ha Lee (3)

“Children of Thorns, Children of Water” by Aliette de Bodard (6)

“Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time” by K.M. Szpara (2)

Longlist

“The Dark Birds” by Ursula Vernon

“The Worshipful Society of Glovers” by Mary Robinette Kowal

“Waiting on a Bright Moon” by JY Yang

“A Human Stain” by Kelly Robson

“The Hermit of Houston” by Samuel R. Delany

“Uncanny Valley” by Greg Egan

“Crispin’s Model” by Max Gladstone

“The Fisher of Bones” by Sarah Gailey

“Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics” by Jess Barber and Sara Saab

“Angel of the Blockade” by Alex Wells

Best Short Story

Finalists

“Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM” by Rebecca Roanhorse (2)

“Fandom for Robots” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (1)

“The Martian Obelisk” by Linda Nagata (4)

“Sun, Moon, Dust” by Ursula Vernon (5)

“Carnival Nine” by Caroline M. Yoachim (3)

“Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand” by Fran Wilde (6)

Longlist

“Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance” by Tobias S. Buckell

“Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue” by Charlie Jane Anders

“The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom” by Max Gladstone

“Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty’s Place Cafe” by Naomi Kritzer